Bailey Evening School Closes 1944 45 Session
The Bailey evening school ended its 1944 45 session with an exhibition of dressmaking, manual training, machine shop work, rug making and other projects. Certificates were awarded in bookkeeping, machine shop, dressmaking, Spanish, typing, woodwork, and shorthand to numerous students including Florence B. Kimball, Ma jella M. Cormier, Lyle E. Macomber, and many others. A beginner shortland class participant, Warena Christie, and a Weymouth guest are noted among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey Evening School
Florence B. Kimball
Rita Arsenault
Burleigh L. McKay
Doris E. McKay
Vivian M. Cady
Donald J
Florence Kimball
Ruby Butler
Adena Smith
Pearl Young
Pauline Crosby
Judy Halterman
Jane Sewall
Majella Cormier
Ivan C. Jenkins
Carroll S. Hunt
Edward Page
Raymond Sawyer
Clarence Bergeron
Donald C. Freeman
Richard M. Manzo
Clifton KE. Legard
Elliott C. Hanson
Florian M. Andrews
David R. Guay
Edith F. Chaney
Pauline R. Crosby
Majella M. Cormier
Pearl L. Young
Augusta W. Pagurko
Warena Christie
Reading consultant visits Bath schools for reading guidance
Mrs Gladys Clough of Macmillan Publishing met Bath officials and teachers to discuss reading instruction. She stressed keeping students within reading ability in early years and emphasized ear training sounds word recognition and avoiding reading dislike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Clough
Macmillan Publishing Co
Bath
A. I. Gates
Macmillan Co
Former Bath Boy Back From Germany
Pvt. Thomas R. Ballard, USA, a Bath native, has returned from nearly a year in German prison camps and is staying with his parents in Penn Yan New York. He served in Italy, was wounded, spent seven months in a German hospital, and came home as an exchange prisoner aboard the Gripsholm in February. After a 30 day furlough he will rejoin Halloran Army hospital for further treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas R. Ballard
USA
Ivan Ballard
Penn Yan
N. Y
Ballard
Italy
Gripsholm
Halloran Army Hospital
Bath
Front Street
Thomas Mateer
Texas Steamship Co
Pvt
Mrs Vernal Chaney Patient at Memo rial Hospital
Mrs Vernal Chaney of Cato Avenue is reported as a patient at Memo rial hospital. The brief notice lists her residence and hospital care status without details of diagnosis or treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal Chaney
Cato Avenue
The
Memorial Hospital
Local Hero Cpl Arthur Lowery Cited for Omaha Beach Efforts
Cpl Arthur E Lowery of the 283rd Port Company in the 487th Port Battalion USA now in Belgium receives a letter of commendation from his officers. The note praises the unit for record tonnage discharged at Omaha Beach on D Day and notes discipline and military courtesy at their bivouac area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Lowery
Front Street
Arthur E. Lowery
USA
Belgium
487Th Port Battalion
Communications Zone
United States Army
Cpl. Lowery
Morse High School
Bath Iron Works Corp
Omaha Beach
Britanny
France
283Rd Port Company
487Th
5Th Engineer Special Brigade
United States
Farm Wage Hearing Set For Lewiston Friday
Farmers in Androscoggin and Sagadahoc counties are urged to attend a Farm Wage hearing at the Farm Bureau Office Lewiston Post Office building on Friday April 6 at 10 oclock. C L Eastman chairman of the Farm Wage committee says the purpose is to determine prevailing wage rates to assure laborers from other states and foreign areas know the rates and to guarantee the rates when they arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Androscoggin
Sagadahoc
Farm Bureau
Lewiston
C. L. Eastman
Farm
Jamaica
Newfoundland
Prize Winners Named in Thrift Essay Contest at Morse High
Bath Trust Co awarded five dollar prizes to Morse High School students for essays on thrift during a school assembly. Winners include Merline Jameson Carol Walker Roy Wooley Eleanor Grainer with several honorable mentions. The event linked to National Thrift Week and urged prudent spending to curb inflation. A moment of silence honored Morse graduate Richard J. Cummings USMC, killed at Iwo Jima.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Trust Co
Morse High School
National Thrift Week
Whch
David C. Dickson
Elizabeth Bates
Henry W. Owen
Merline Jameson
Eunice Jewett
Phyllis Trageny
Carol Walker
Everett Parker
Roy Wooley
Eleanor Grainger
Louise Dole
Jacqueline Pert
Dominique J. Tardif
Treasuerer
The
Tardif
India
China
Russia
Mexico
South American
United States
Mr. Tardif
Iwo Jima
Lanham Act Funds for Bath in 1945 46 Reviewed
Miss Eleanor Hayward of the Federal Works agency visited Bath to assess the need for Lanham Act funds for the 1945 46 school year and to determine if a new appropriation is required in Washington before July 1. She gathered enrollment figures operating costs and local funding prospects in Bath and noted Nevada has the smallest population in the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Hayward
Federal Works Agency
Bath
Washington
Miss Hayward
Mg R. Addison
Former Bath Boy Heads for Fleets Servicing Unit
Harold Smith describes Service Squadron 10 in the Pacific detailing its vast support network for the fleet. Commodore Worrall R. Carter, a Bath native, leads SERONTEN with hubs for fuel oil, repairs, ammunition, hospital care, and even a floating bakery to feed thousands. The piece highlights how the unit enables long range naval operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Harold Smith
Pacific
Activitties
Service Squadron 10
United States
Worrall R. Carter
Yarmouth
Bath
Charles Carter
Bath and
Woolwich
Pearl Harbor
Navy Yard
Volcano Islands
Seronten
Mammouth
Nimitz
Destroyer Herbert J. Thomas Launched At Bath Iron Works
The USS Herbert J. Thomas named for Marine Sgt. Thomas killed at Bougainville was launched Sunday from Bath Iron Works. It is the fifth super-destroyer launched this year. Thomas, born Feb 18 1919 in Columbus Ohio, earned the Medal of Honor for heroism and was an All Southern Conference football player at Virginia Tech before enlisting in 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert J. Thomas
Bougainville
Solomon Islands
Bath Iron Works Corp
Audrey Irene Thomas
Thomas
South Charleston
W. Va
Bath
Michael W. Healey
Bridgeport
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Community Service Panel Organized in Local War Board
The Local War Price and Rationing Board formed a Community Service Panel to spread information on price and rent controls and rationing. The first meeting at Huse Memorial School included Mrs. Gerard Billington, Keith Crockett, and Eugene K. Rowe. Chester Bowles urged panels to inform communities to boost voluntary compliance until inflation dangers pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Price and Rationing Board
Huse Memorial School
Gerard Billington
Keith Crockett
I A Trueworthy Press
Eugene K. Rowe
Augusta
Chester Bowles
Office of Price Administration
Washington, D. C
Freight derailment halts Maine Central traffic resumes after detour
Three freight cars derailed near York street in Bath Brunswick halting Maine Central service. A temporary spur allowed traffic to bypass the damaged main line and buses carried eastbound and westbound passengers around the scene until the line reopened shortly after four o'clock Tuesday. A Portland wrecking crew aided the repair through Wednesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Central Railroad
Bath
Brunswick
York Street
Marntiine
High Street
Portland
Bath Lions Club sponsors United Nations clothing drive
Bath Lions Club joins national effort to collect used clothing for war devastated Europe. Alexander Mac Donald chairs Bath committee as April start nears with national leaders Kaiser and West guiding drive. President Roosevelt endorses the project and local citizens are urged to set aside usable apparel for pickup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Kaiser
Dan A. West
West
OPA
WPA
Roosevelt
Europe
Lions Club
Private Chase Returns from Canal Zone Visiting Parents
Pvt. Howard P Chase has returned to the States after over two years on the Canal Zone and visited his Randolph parents before heading to Camp Livingston in Alexandria Louisiana. He was formerly employed at Bath Iron Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard P Chase
States
Canal Zone
Randolph
Camp Livingston
Alexandria
Bath Iron Works
Mrs Sigman Visits Daughter Officer at Bath Iron Works
Mrs James G Sigman of Philadelphia arrived to visit her daughter Lieut. Clara Kirsch WAVE stationed at the office of the Supervisor of Shipbuilding at Bath Iron Works. Lieut. Kirsch resides at the Charles T. Jackson home on South Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James G Sigman
Philadelphia
Clara Kirsch
Wave
Bath Iron Works
Kirsch
Charles T. Jackson
South Street
Father and Son Banquet of Boy Scouts Held
St Marys Boy Scout Troop 53 held its annual Father and Son supper at the K of C hall. Toastmaster Alex Burgess led the program with prayers and singing. Scoutmaster Purdy awarded tenderfoot and first class badges to Odell King Hart Parady Dauphin. talks by Rev John Cummings Harmon Smith and Alfred King followed. A rope tying contest and safety demonstrations were highlights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's
K. of C. Hall
Alex Burgess
Purdy
Odell, King and Hart
Scout Parady
Edmund Parady
Scout Dauphin
John Dauphin
John Cummings
Harmon Smith
Boy Scouts of America
Alfred King
Joseph Marchetti
Sec.Treas
Alphonse Eastman
Louis Perra
Soldier Robert Westfall Returns From Fort Meade Furlough
Pvt. Robert Westfall of the U S Army has returned to duty at Fort George G Meade Maryland after a 14 day furlough spent with his mother Mrs Willard Bernier. He was previously stationed in Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Robert Westfall
U.S. A
Fort George E. Meade
Willard Bernier
Alabama
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Ninth Army
Rhine River
Rhine
U. S
9Th Army
Germany
Normandy
Ruhr
Berlin
Signal Corps
International Soundphoto
Mary Chesman
Frank Chesman
South Weymouth
Mass
Scott M. Golder
Winship Street
C. F. Cummings
Academy St
Robert Harrington
Brunswick Hospital
Arthur Park Harrington
South Pacific
Carolyn Toothaker
Robert Toothaker
Cpl
Arthur’ Lowery
Beth Boy
Dominique Tardiff
Thrift
Nevada
Union
Bath Boy
Hitler
BELG
Hanover
Verdun
Cologne
Strasbourg
Switz
Muane
Trieste
Stetting
Frankfurt
Mannheim
Stuttgart
Nuremberg
Berchtesgaden
Leipzig
Prague
Czecho
Austria
Zagreb
Poznan
Gydgosz
Breslau
Poland
Mielce
Slovakia
Budapest
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Zurich
Vienna
Austrian Alps
3Rd Army
Coblenz
Montgomery
York Street Crossing
Bath Lions Club
St. Mary’s
Horace
J. Horace McClure
Washington Street
McClure
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